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268995 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2019‑08‑05 alameda fleabagging a deux
i had the pleasure of sharing with michael suwczinsky (aka nicknaylo) a few
hours of time from dawn's early light wandering the alameda flea
yesterday.  it was a day for larger items and later pickups...

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-kHTnMg5/A

per usual we went straight to the back, and fairly quickly had some luck.
after i snagged 6 records in vg+ condition (including a great copy of
"street survivors" in its original cover with its original contents) i
managed an old kennedy straight-sided 520 that had been painted ugly and
needs a good de-rust prior to painting.  oh, and new felt in a lot of
drawers.  but the contents came with it, and andrew jackson was pleased to
be the agent of transfer.  we left it there to pick up later.

soon after michael picked up a versavise, a tall one (long-bill) and one of
andrews twins made its way to the seller who likewise held it for later
pickup.  along the way he picked up an offset bar hotcut, and i encouraged
him to spend $2 on meader's "illustrated guide to shaker furniture".  that
was about it for michael.  i managed to find a pair of fiamm airhorns to
mount on my 87 vanagon syncro westfalia, plus a bucket-o-tubes for my
amplifiers.

then i found what feels like one of the nicest adjustable-mouth block
planes i've held, comfortable and well balanced.  it was made by some guy
named bailey; apparently his designs were bought out by stanley a few years
later.  in very good condition for something made when our country was rent
by civil war, i can't wait to get it cleaned and sharpened.  what's it
mean, though, when the blade is stamped "L. Bailey's Patent Aug 6. 67 Aug
31. 58 EXT'd."?  they extend a patent?  same plane, in as good or better
condition, as this:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/leonard-baileys-1867-1858-ext-
patent-1799563768">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/leonard-
baileys-1867-1858-ext-patent-1799563768

my final purchase of the day came after i noticed, on the ground under a
seller's table, half covered by something soft, a late-model empire 598 II
(troubadour) turntable.  i asked how much for that, and his answer of
twinned jacksons had them out and in his hand rather quickly.  i requested
he hold on to it until we came back, to his assent.

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A

not much else was seen, or desired, after that.  in fact, we made the
decision (after finding a fleamarket shopping cart abandoned by its renter)
to skip the front five or six rows and pick up our kit while rerunning the
rows at the back that had filled in, somewhat, since our earlier foray; we
found nothing new for us to bag...

it was a good day, finished off in style at ramiro's for mexican lunch.

bill
felton, ca
268996 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
> On Aug 5, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Dragon List  wrote:
> 
> 
> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-
Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-
Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A <https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-
Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-
Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A>

Bill

Garrett Wade has a little device that sell with their version of that vice that
makes increases the versatility - the only way to add mere Versa to that Vice.
I got one and put it on my daughter’s guitar repair bench and it is used every
day.  Maybe they would sell that little piece separately:

https://www.garrettwade.com/ultimate-versatile-vise.html?SCID=W4011000&
gclid=Cj0KCQjwp5_qBRDBARIsANxdcil6OkBb2ORe_2tJS7M93fO7fn9v3LVkj2V0rYkDzeWeu9lbUp
qeI5UaAipGEALw_wcB">https://www.garrettwade.com/ultimate-versatile-vise.html?SCI
D=W4011000&gclid=Cj0KCQjwp5_qBRDBARIsANxdcil6OkBb2ORe_2tJS7M93fO7fn9v3LVkj2V0rYk
DzeWeu9lbUpqeI5UaAipGEALw_wcB

Good find on the block plane - really fun to find something like that.

Ed Minch
268997 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
the accessory mount?  which little device?

and yeah, i saw it and held it and i wanted it.  felt just perfect in my
hand.  i just can't tell if it's a leonard bailey, or a bailey tool co.
plane...i lean towards the former.

bill
268998 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
On the sire below, you can see an unpainted iron piece that fits over the post
in the base, then into the hole in the side of the vice,  This allows another
plane of movement  for the jaws.  Their vice is made in China, and they have the
extra piece made elsewhere.

Ed Minch
268999 Erik Levin 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
Bill said:


> i managed an old kennedy straight-sided 520 that had been painted ugly and
> needs a good de-rust prior to painting.  oh, and new felt in a lot of
> drawers.  but the contents came with it, and andrew jackson was pleased to
> be the agent of transfer.


It doesn't look bad in the pictures. All of the drawers are there, no visible
holes, both catches and the lock latch are there, there are no large dents in
hte top. Is the front cover there, and did it come with a key? I have several
that required patches and body filler that cost more. They go high in my area.
That would have been a Grant (or maybe even a Franklin, for a 526), contents
extra.


Even with the work to clean and repaint, much, much less expensive than new,
though as of the last new one I was involved with (several years ago at a job. I
didn't get to keep the box, to my unsurprised disappointment) was of
substantially the same quality of the older ones, though I do prefer the locking
hasp and leather handle to the cam lock and current handle.


Last one I did, I re-felted fully, including the dividers and all around the
sides of the top tray. It was a little less expensive to buy a sheet of good
quality felt, lay it out, and cut it to fit myself than to go to Kennedy, and it
is better protection for the tools.


> i managed to find a pair of fiamm airhorns to mount on my 87 vanagon syncro
westfalia


A very admirable plan


> then i found what feels like one of the nicest adjustable-mouth block planes
i've held,
> comfortable and well balanced. it was made by some guy named bailey


I heard of him. Made good stuff, but they didn't hold up well. Some of them are
already near worn out.



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269000 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
got it.  that's what i was calling the accessory mount.

it's michael's vise, perhaps he'll find out...

b
269002 scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-kHTnMg5/A

whats in the box, whats in the box, whats in the box?? hahaaha

   As far as relining Kennedy drawers
Felt is a pain. If you do use felt, cut cardboard and glue the felt to that
first.

I used gasket cork on the last one I did.
A have a stash of it free for guys I love. Easy to cut and glue down
       
   Michael sucks, to score a tall jaw Versa! sheesh
   yours Scott
!


    
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*******************************
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    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
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269003 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2019‑08‑05 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
Thank you Scott, I know you really mean it :-)

This is the second one of these I've come across, I have a bit of a vice
problem, I"m not proud, the last one got passed on to a friend who makes
cigar box guitars and archery long bows, I think he would get more use out
of it than me.

This one was too neat to leave behind (you always say that says the lovely
wife) but needs a good cleaning to see any markings on it. and to free up
the bit that secures the vise to the base. Jaws also see to be a bit
misaligned but that might be the base clamping feature as well.

Michael-who always enjoys an excursion with any number of FleaBAGS

On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 4:04 PM scott grandstaff 
wrote:

>
> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-kHTnMg5/A
>
> whats in the box, whats in the box, whats in the box?? hahaaha
>
>    As far as relining Kennedy drawers
> Felt is a pain. If you do use felt, cut cardboard and glue the felt to
> that first.
>
> I used gasket cork on the last one I did.
> A have a stash of it free for guys I love. Easy to cut and glue down
>
>    Michael sucks, to score a tall jaw Versa! sheesh
>    yours Scott
> !
>
>
>
> --
> *******************************
>     Scott Grandstaff
>     Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
>     scottg@s...
>     http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
>     http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html
>
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269037 james rich <jameslrich3@g...> 2019‑08‑10 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
Did anyone mention the rare Street Survivors album ? WOW !
269038 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2019‑08‑10 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
Bill mentioned it, several times. Often to complete strangers!

Michael-ducking and running

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:09 PM james rich  wrote:

> Did anyone mention the rare Street Survivors album ? WOW !
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 10:47 AM Dragon List 
> wrote:
>
> > i had the pleasure of sharing with michael suwczinsky (aka nicknaylo) a
> few
> > hours of time from dawn's early light wandering the alameda flea
> > yesterday.  it was a day for larger items and later pickups...
> >
> >
> >
> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-kHTnMg5/A
> >
> > per usual we went straight to the back, and fairly quickly had some luck.
> > after i snagged 6 records in vg+ condition (including a great copy of
> > "street survivors" in its original cover with its original contents) i
> > managed an old kennedy straight-sided 520 that had been painted ugly and
> > needs a good de-rust prior to painting.  oh, and new felt in a lot of
> > drawers.  but the contents came with it, and andrew jackson was pleased
> to
> > be the agent of transfer.  we left it there to pick up later.
> >
> > soon after michael picked up a versavise, a tall one (long-bill) and one
> of
> > andrews twins made its way to the seller who likewise held it for later
> > pickup.  along the way he picked up an offset bar hotcut, and i
> encouraged
> > him to spend $2 on meader's "illustrated guide to shaker furniture".
> that
> > was about it for michael.  i managed to find a pair of fiamm airhorns to
> > mount on my 87 vanagon syncro westfalia, plus a bucket-o-tubes for my
> > amplifiers.
> >
> > then i found what feels like one of the nicest adjustable-mouth block
> > planes i've held, comfortable and well balanced.  it was made by some guy
> > named bailey; apparently his designs were bought out by stanley a few
> years
> > later.  in very good condition for something made when our country was
> rent
> > by civil war, i can't wait to get it cleaned and sharpened.  what's it
> > mean, though, when the blade is stamped "L. Bailey's Patent Aug 6. 67 Aug
> > 31. 58 EXT'd."?  they extend a patent?  same plane, in as good or better
> > condition, as this:
> >
> >
> https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/leonard-baileys-1867-1858-ext-
patent-1799563768">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/leonard-
baileys-1867-1858-ext-patent-1799563768
> >
> > my final purchase of the day came after i noticed, on the ground under a
> > seller's table, half covered by something soft, a late-model empire 598
> II
> > (troubadour) turntable.  i asked how much for that, and his answer of
> > twinned jacksons had them out and in his hand rather quickly.  i
> requested
> > he hold on to it until we came back, to his assent.
> >
> >
> >
> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A
> >
> > not much else was seen, or desired, after that.  in fact, we made the
> > decision (after finding a fleamarket shopping cart abandoned by its
> renter)
> > to skip the front five or six rows and pick up our kit while rerunning
> the
> > rows at the back that had filled in, somewhat, since our earlier foray;
> we
> > found nothing new for us to bag...
> >
> > it was a good day, finished off in style at ramiro's for mexican lunch.
> >
> > bill
> > felton, ca
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269039 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2019‑08‑10 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
james, yeah, i think i might have mentioned it once, or twice, per hour,
after i picked it up :)  and it was the first purchase of the day :D

i listened to it the other day, and it is in mint condition (the vinyl).  a
few apologies on the cover, but the inserts and the correct sleeve are
there, too.

i'd forgotten how good steve gaines was...

bill
felton, ca


On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 1:10 PM Michael Suwczinsky 
wrote:
269043 james rich <jameslrich3@g...> 2019‑08‑11 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
Saw them at Day on the Green right before the accident, I have an unopened
copy with flames and a couple without. A sad day in my youth. A great band
at the top of their game.
269044 Ken Wright <wizard@b...> 2019‑08‑12 Re: alameda fleabagging a deux
Right after the accident, I bought a copy of the album with flames, with
the intention of keeping it unopened as an investment.  My mother
thought it was a present for her and opened it up.  I still don't think
it's ever been played.

Ken

On 8/11/19 7:15 PM, james rich wrote:
> Saw them at Day on the Green right before the accident, I have an unopened
> copy with flames and a couple without. A sad day in my youth. A great band
> at the top of their game.
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 2:52 PM Dragon List  wrote:
>
>> james, yeah, i think i might have mentioned it once, or twice, per hour,
>> after i picked it up :)  and it was the first purchase of the day :D
>>
>> i listened to it the other day, and it is in mint condition (the vinyl).
>> a few apologies on the cover, but the inserts and the correct sleeve are
>> there, too.
>>
>> i'd forgotten how good steve gaines was...
>>
>> bill
>> felton, ca
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 1:10 PM Michael Suwczinsky 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Bill mentioned it, several times. Often to complete strangers!
>>>
>>> Michael-ducking and running
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:09 PM james rich 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did anyone mention the rare Street Survivors album ? WOW !
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 10:47 AM Dragon List 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i had the pleasure of sharing with michael suwczinsky (aka nicknaylo)
>>>> a few
>>>>> hours of time from dawn's early light wandering the alameda flea
>>>>> yesterday.  it was a day for larger items and later pickups...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-
Kasper/i-kHTnMg5/A">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-
Kasper/i-kHTnMg5/A
>>>>> per usual we went straight to the back, and fairly quickly had some
>>>> luck.
>>>>> after i snagged 6 records in vg+ condition (including a great copy of
>>>>> "street survivors" in its original cover with its original contents) i
>>>>> managed an old kennedy straight-sided 520 that had been painted ugly
>>>> and
>>>>> needs a good de-rust prior to painting.  oh, and new felt in a lot of
>>>>> drawers.  but the contents came with it, and andrew jackson was
>>>> pleased to
>>>>> be the agent of transfer.  we left it there to pick up later.
>>>>>
>>>>> soon after michael picked up a versavise, a tall one (long-bill) and
>>>> one of
>>>>> andrews twins made its way to the seller who likewise held it for later
>>>>> pickup.  along the way he picked up an offset bar hotcut, and i
>>>> encouraged
>>>>> him to spend $2 on meader's "illustrated guide to shaker furniture".
>>>> that
>>>>> was about it for michael.  i managed to find a pair of fiamm airhorns
>>>> to
>>>>> mount on my 87 vanagon syncro westfalia, plus a bucket-o-tubes for my
>>>>> amplifiers.
>>>>>
>>>>> then i found what feels like one of the nicest adjustable-mouth block
>>>>> planes i've held, comfortable and well balanced.  it was made by some
>>>> guy
>>>>> named bailey; apparently his designs were bought out by stanley a few
>>>> years
>>>>> later.  in very good condition for something made when our country was
>>>> rent
>>>>> by civil war, i can't wait to get it cleaned and sharpened.  what's it
>>>>> mean, though, when the blade is stamped "L. Bailey's Patent Aug 6. 67
>>>> Aug
>>>>> 31. 58 EXT'd."?  they extend a patent?  same plane, in as good or
>>>> better
>>>>> condition, as this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/leonard-baileys-1867-1858
-ext-patent-1799563768">https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/leonard-
baileys-1867-1858-ext-patent-1799563768
>>>>> my final purchase of the day came after i noticed, on the ground under
>>>> a
>>>>> seller's table, half covered by something soft, a late-model empire
>>>> 598 II
>>>>> (troubadour) turntable.  i asked how much for that, and his answer of
>>>>> twinned jacksons had them out and in his hand rather quickly.  i
>>>> requested
>>>>> he hold on to it until we came back, to his assent.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-
Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Bill-
Kasper/i-vCgZknt/A
>>>>> not much else was seen, or desired, after that.  in fact, we made the
>>>>> decision (after finding a fleamarket shopping cart abandoned by its
>>>> renter)
>>>>> to skip the front five or six rows and pick up our kit while rerunning
>>>> the
>>>>> rows at the back that had filled in, somewhat, since our earlier
>>>> foray; we
>>>>> found nothing new for us to bag...
>>>>>
>>>>> it was a good day, finished off in style at ramiro's for mexican lunch.
>>>>>
>>>>> bill
>>>>> felton, ca
>>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool
>>>>> aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage,
>>>>> value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of
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>>> Michael
>>>
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